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diet¹
- /ˈdaɪət/
- /ˈdiːət/
Rhymes with -aɪət, -iːət
Where it comes from
From Middle English diet, dyet, diete, from Old French diete, from Medieval Latin dieta (“regimen, regulation; assembly”), from Latin diaeta, from Ancient Greek δίαιτα (díaita).
noun diets · diët · diate
- The food and beverage a person or animal consumes. The diet of the giant panda consists mainly of bamboo.
- A controlled regimen of food and drink choices, as to gain or lose weight or otherwise influence health. He's been on a diet since he found out that he has coronary atherosclerosis.
- Any habitual intake or consumption. He's been reading a steady diet of nonfiction for the last several years.
adjective diët · diate
- Containing less fat, salt, sugar, or calories than normal, or claimed to have such. diet soda
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Having certain traits subtracted.
You folks reduce it to the bible only as being authoritative, impoverishing the faith. "Christianity Lite", diet Christianity for those who can't handle the Whole Meal.
Similar: lite
diet²
- /ˈdaɪət/
- /ˈdiːət/
Rhymes with -aɪət, -iːət
Where it comes from
From Middle English dieten, dyeten, diȝeten, from Old French dïeter and Medieval Latin diētāre.
verb diets · dieting · dieted · diët · diate
- To modify one's food and beverage intake so as to decrease or increase body weight or influence health. I've been dieting for six months, and I've lost some weight.
- To regulate the food of (someone); to put on a diet. they will diet themselves, feed and live alone.
- To eat; to take one's meals. Let him[…]diet in such places, where there is good company of the nation, where he travelleth.
- To cause to take food; to feed. But partly led to diet my revenge […].
diet³
- /ˈdaɪət/
- /ˈdiːət/
Rhymes with -aɪət, -iːət
Where it comes from
From Middle English diet, dyet, from Old French diete, from Medieval Latin diēta, diaeta (“a public assembly; set day of trial; a day's journey”), from Ancient Greek δῐ́αιτα (dĭ́aita, “way of living, living space; decision, judgement”), influenced by Latin diēs (“day”).
noun diets · diët · diate
- A council or assembly of leaders; a formal deliberative assembly. the National Diet of Japan
- A session of exams. Normally the diet begins towards the end of April.
- A criminal proceeding in court.
- A clerical or ecclesiastical function in Scotland. a diet of worship
DIET⁴
noun
- Abbreviation of direct interspecies electron transfer
Diet⁵
proper noun the Diet
- Alternative letter-case form of diet (“formal deliberative assembly”).
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: low-cal, light, lite, fatless, nonfat, fat-free, dietary, dietetic, dietetics, alimentary, nutritional, nourishment, food, ingestion, nutrition, foodstuff
Translations
Every language
noun food a person or animal consumes
| Español | dieta |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 식단 sikdan, 다이어트 daieoteu |
| 日本語 | 飲食 inshoku, ダイエット daietto |
| 中文 | 飲食 /饮食 yǐnshí, 吃喝 chīhē, 食物 shíwù |
| Português | dieta |
| Français | diète, régime |
| Deutsch | Ernährung, Nahrung, Speiseplan |
| Italiano | dieta |
| Ελληνικά | διατροφή diatrofí |
| Русский | рацио́н ración, дие́та dijéta, пита́ние pitánije, пи́ща píšča, стол stol, еда́ jedá |
| Tiếng Việt | chế độ ăn uống |
| العربية | حِمْيَة ḥimya, حِمْيَة غِذَائِيَّة ḥimya ḡiḏāʔiyya |
| עברית | דִּיאֵטָה diéta |
noun controlled regimen of food
| Español | dieta |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 다이어트 daieoteu |
| 日本語 | ダイエット daietto |
| 中文 | 節食 /节食 jiéshí, 飲食療養 /饮食疗养 yǐnshí liáoyǎng |
| हिन्दी | आहार āhār |
| Português | dieta, regime |
| Français | régime |
| Deutsch | Diät |
| Italiano | dieta |
| Ελληνικά | δίαιτα díaita, διαιτολόγιο diaitológio |
| Română | dietă |
| Русский | дие́та dijéta, режи́м пита́ния režím pitánija |
| Tiếng Việt | chế độ ăn kiêng |
| العربية | حِمْيَة ḥimya, نِظَام غِذَائِيّ niẓām ḡiḏāʔiyy |
| עברית | דִּיאֵטָה diéta |
noun habitual consumption
| Português | dieta |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | Kost, Konsum |
| Italiano | dieta |
| Ελληνικά | δίαιτα díaita |
| Русский | дие́та dijéta |
adj containing lower-than-normal amounts of calories
| Português | diet |
|---|---|
| Русский | диети́ческий dijetíčeskij |
verb to modify one's food and beverage intake
| Español | poner a dieta, dietar, adietar |
|---|
verb to regulate the food of someone
| Español | estar a dieta, estar dietado, estar adietado |
|---|
noun council of leaders
| 日本語 | 議会 gikai, 国会 kokkai |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 議會 /议会 yìhuì, 國會 /国会 guóhuì |
| Português | dieta |
| Français | Diète, parlement |
| Deutsch | Versammlung, Parlament, Kokkai, Tag |
| Italiano | dieta |
| Ελληνικά | δίαιτα díaita, συνέλευση synélefsi, σύνοδος sýnodos, βουλή voulí |
| Русский | парла́мент parláment, кокка́й kokkáj, сейм sejm |
| العربية | بَرْلَمَان barlamān, مَجْلِس majlis |
| עברית | דִּיאֶט díet |
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